<p>While Amritsar police have banned the sale and use of the kite-string in the city, the administration has banned its sale throughout the Amritsar district following the incidents.<br /><br />School teacher Kewal Singh became the first victim to lose his life after the kite-string cut his neck while he was going on his motorcycle in a residential area of the city, about 250 km from Chandigarh. The incident took place Thursday.<br /><br />"The cut was so severe and deep that doctors said it looked as if his neck had been slit by a kirpan (small dagger). There was so much bleeding from the neck. Though we rushed him to the hospital immediately, he died within five minutes," a relative of the victim said.<br /><br />With kite-flying being a popular activity in Amritsar, especially in the walled old city area, the Chinese kite-string, which is made from plastic material and is much stronger than the traditional thread string used for kite-flying, has been sold in good numbers.<br />Police officials, who checked the Chinese kite-string, said that on being stretched, the <br />string gets razor-sharp edges and that has led to six to seven incidents of people being <br />seriously injured by it.<br /><br />"We have banned the sale and use of the dor (string). If anyone sells it now, action will be taken," Amritsar's Deputy Commissioner of Police Amar Singh Chahal said here.<br />Jaideep Singh, 10, who was going on a scooter with his parents and was standing on the front of the vehicle was also seriously injured by the kite string. He had to be operated upon by doctors at a local hospital for over six hours to save his life.<br /><br />The string cut the neck and both hands of the child. His neck and hands are heavily bandaged now.<br /><br />Another victim, Praveen, almost lost his eyes last week when his face came in contact with a similar Chinese kite-string.<br /><br />A young woman from here, who is studying in New Zealand and had come here recently for holidays, too landed up in hospital Saturday after a kite-string caused a deep cut on her upper arm, leading to a lot of blood loss.<br /><br />Amritsar's Deputy Commissioner K.S. Pannu said the sale and use of the kite-string has been imposed in the entire district.<br /></p>
<p>While Amritsar police have banned the sale and use of the kite-string in the city, the administration has banned its sale throughout the Amritsar district following the incidents.<br /><br />School teacher Kewal Singh became the first victim to lose his life after the kite-string cut his neck while he was going on his motorcycle in a residential area of the city, about 250 km from Chandigarh. The incident took place Thursday.<br /><br />"The cut was so severe and deep that doctors said it looked as if his neck had been slit by a kirpan (small dagger). There was so much bleeding from the neck. Though we rushed him to the hospital immediately, he died within five minutes," a relative of the victim said.<br /><br />With kite-flying being a popular activity in Amritsar, especially in the walled old city area, the Chinese kite-string, which is made from plastic material and is much stronger than the traditional thread string used for kite-flying, has been sold in good numbers.<br />Police officials, who checked the Chinese kite-string, said that on being stretched, the <br />string gets razor-sharp edges and that has led to six to seven incidents of people being <br />seriously injured by it.<br /><br />"We have banned the sale and use of the dor (string). If anyone sells it now, action will be taken," Amritsar's Deputy Commissioner of Police Amar Singh Chahal said here.<br />Jaideep Singh, 10, who was going on a scooter with his parents and was standing on the front of the vehicle was also seriously injured by the kite string. He had to be operated upon by doctors at a local hospital for over six hours to save his life.<br /><br />The string cut the neck and both hands of the child. His neck and hands are heavily bandaged now.<br /><br />Another victim, Praveen, almost lost his eyes last week when his face came in contact with a similar Chinese kite-string.<br /><br />A young woman from here, who is studying in New Zealand and had come here recently for holidays, too landed up in hospital Saturday after a kite-string caused a deep cut on her upper arm, leading to a lot of blood loss.<br /><br />Amritsar's Deputy Commissioner K.S. Pannu said the sale and use of the kite-string has been imposed in the entire district.<br /></p>